Play – Mother Russia & Playwright Meet & Greet (AANHPI Night)

Join Potluck Asian America for AANHPI night for a preview performance of Mother Russia, the newest play by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Lauren Yee, and meet the playwright herself! 

The setting of Mother Russia is St. Petersburg, 1992: the Soviet Union has collapsed, McDonald’s has risen, and Evgeny, a young man at a loss, stumbles into a job working surveillance with his old friend Dmitri. Their target: Katya, a former pop singer with questionable allegiances and a mysterious past. As their lives riotously intertwine, Evgeny finds himself falling in love and losing his bearings, all while grappling with the taste of freedom (and fast food) along the way. Lauren Yee’s savvy, off-kilter tale of identity, espionage, and the cost of capitalism makes its New York premiere in this razor-sharp dark comedy.